GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Bye Bye Buffering And “Notspots”, Eero Encourages More Wi-Fi Coverage

Setting up wireless routers isn’t as easy as plugging in a few cords. Besides the headache of picking one out (there’s endless options), installing it takes some serious patience, and a relatively good password since people are apparently fantastic at … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
MIPS Creator CI20 Launches for $65

Back in late 2014, Imagination Technologies, an Apple GPU supplier, announced the release of its own MIPS-based, single-board computer to compete with the so-loved ARM-based Raspberry Pi. The MIPS Creator CI20 came with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Piper NV Now Equipped With Night Vision

Home security is more multifunctional than ever. Say goodbye to simply arming your home from intruders (unless you want to opt for the “boring” old systems). Home security has evolved into home automation, live video and cloud recordings, and night … Continue reading →

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Samsung’s High-Class, High-Speed SSD T1

For us desktop/laptop lovers, storage devices usually amount to hard drives, but it looks like the future of storage just may be SSD (solid state drive). During CES a couple weeks back, Samsung unveiled their own external USB 3.0 SSD … Continue reading →

 

BATTERY & POWER TECHNOLOGY
Graphene Could Power Our Devices, Just by Deep Frying

Scientists are at it again. This time they are working on making batteries stronger and last longer using a strange new method. Graphene, a super strong “wonder material” made from pure carbon, could be deep fried to make it more … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
The Equil Smartpen 2 Gives Handwritten Notes a Digital Twist

Today I sat down to write in a journal, with my actual hands. My hand was rather sore afterward, probably because I can’t remember the last time I have done this; maybe 6 months? Depending on what type of lifestyle, … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Dell Launches Their Latitude Rugged Extreme Notebooks in India

Dell, the “world’s fastest-growing IT company”, launched two new ruggedized devices this week to the Indian market. The Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme notebook and Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme convertible notebooks are targeted at customers in fields such as military service, … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Google Fiber Brings Awesome Upgrades to Austin “Fiberhoods”

The folks in Austin, Texas have been all abuzz the past year in eager anticipation of the release of Google Fiber, an initiative often referred to as the “future of the internet”. As a budding technological hub, Austinites are very … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Hack Your Older Appliances with LittleBits Smart Home Kit

LittleBits has become well known in the community of modular electronics. The company continues to “democratize hardware” by introducing new ways of connecting and linking items to the internet, like the CloudBit device announced last July. LittleBit’s latest idea is … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Amazon’s Echo Bluetooth Speaker Will Take Your Order

Amazon announced its first smartphone, the Amazon Fire, quite a ways back. It didn’t do well. Heck, $83 million worth of these Fire phones just sitting in a factory somewhere, homeless. A better attempt to get into the homes of … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Butterfly Network Developing Handheld MRI & Ultrasound Scanner

Biotech entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg of Butterfly Network, a company creating a medical imaging device that could change the way we see the inside of the human body, has just raised $100 million dollars in funding for his three year-old startup. … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Nintendo Partners with Sleep Experts for a Non-Wearable Sleep Tracker

Nintendo, although one of the most popular game companies of all time, needs some encouragement every once in a while. The franchise has had a rough few years, its Nintendo Wii U wasn’t nearly as successful as it hoped, and … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Google wants Detecting Cancer to be as Easy as Popping a Pill

America and our pills. Got an ailment? The docs have a solution, and it’s usually in pill form. Make fun of that all you want, but it’s the way the world works now. The best kind of medicine is the … Continue reading →

 

SMARTPHONES & MOBILE DEVICES
Google Inbox Became Available by Invite Only This Week

After secretly working on the project for years, Google launched the beta for its invite-only iOS and Android app Google Inbox this week. It has quickly become the most buzzed-about item to hit the web since its big reveal on … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
This Week in Medical Technology: An iPad-Connected Portable Ultrasound Machine

It’s no secret that healthcare in developing nations is severely lacking. In fact, several international health forums describe the conditions as “abysmal”. According to a company called Oscadi, an Apple-approved constructor of MFI (Made for iPhone) accessories designed for iOS, … Continue reading →